The °F 'n Problem

Well as patient as I've tried to have been, which isn't very patient at all, I always felt there was something amiss with the grow situation. Thought maybe trying to root the cuttings in fertilized potting soil could be it. Maybe the color of the compact fluorescent light or CFL was off... anyways, I couldn't put my finger on it. Last night I found the problem/solution...

It was the damn temperature! This never occurred to me. It's crazy hot in my room, but according to the thermometer, a mere 55 °F in Deutschland. "Hundekacke!" I yelped as I ran to find heat beams for my precious Germans.

After some monkeying around and a bit of modifications to the growing arrangement, the temp got up beyond 60 °F and is holding steady around 65 °F.

The plants listened. The modifications were done around 1am Wednesday morning and by 7am....
The first German to emerge from his birthing grave! A Chinese German no less. For this, he earned the name Lazarus.

John Doe is digging the light too. I swear he grew a quarter of an inch since the heat situation was rectified. Aloenzo is keeping quiet, but that's the part of his demeanor the ladies dig. Both of the fellas got watered because it's been awhile since their last drinks.

When I got home tonight, there were a few more Germans sprouting out of their graves. Headcount is at four.

So far the seed/german ratio race has Brussels Sprout in the lead with 10 out of 10 to go German, Chinese Cabbage with 7 out of 10 to German and Spinach with 4ish to German. I say 4ish, because the root business was in no way busting through those shells. The best of the four had a couple 2mm roots pertruding out and it was difficult to tell what the hell was going on with the majority of those guys. I've read germinating spinach is difficult, so this was somewhat expected. If these guys keep giving me trouble, I'm shoving them in the fridge and trying out what I found here.

Around a week into it, the monkeys are finally showing signs of growth :)

P.S.- No matter what temperature you think a room is, thermometers are smarter than you.

~Grow Monkey